A collection of recorded live DJ sets .


Live DJ Sets

What you are about to hear is not just any sunrise DJ set, but the farewell sunrise DJ set for a community I love and hold dear to my heart: NotaSexParty (aka NASP). 

It is also not a DJ set for just any random crowd, but rather a curation of humans that always inspire me to be my best self. Therefore, it is not a coincidence; in my humble opinion, that perhaps this is one of the best DJ sets I have woven in front of a live audience in my 20+ years of DJ craft. No detail was spared on every transition, every choice of track

On the crowd side of things it was no less epic. 

There were some people’s first time crowd surfing while The Beatle’s “Hey Jude” played as our second to last anthem as the sun FINALLY came out on our last day of camp. There was a giant circle of human chain of friends shoulder-dancing to LCD Soundsystem’s anthem “All my Friends” while we screamed/sang the lyrics from the top of our lungs. 

There was also an epic crowd sit-down right before all of this and before we slowed down our heart beats to a soft stop in unison… 

I only went there (to all of those places) because the crowd made me feel comfortable enough to do so.

It was the perfect storm of “epic-ness”. When I listened to it for the first time since performance, I realized that the musical story told here was a 2.75-hr long continuous anthem, one where I couldn’t believe we had another 40 minutes of high dance floor energy, and so I had to stop for a moment and ask for consent to keep going down “the (musical) rabbit hole”.

We danced, we laughed, we cried, we sweated, we loved, we jumped, we stomped, we screamed, we head-banged, we sang, we drummed (with Noah - @noahappel - love you brother) like a defiant crew of rebellious circus hippies in a magical co-created land… on a fucking Monday morning. 

No one could stop us. 

It was pure electronic dance music- sunrise Rock n’ Roll.
We were all in this together, we did this together.  

And without further ado, here is the recording of the farewell Sunrise NASP DJ set at the Fairy Forest SummerCamp 2021. 

Love & Beats.
illich

Illich Mujica Sunrise @ NASP SummerCamp Fairy Forest 2021

illich Mujica - Live Sunrise DJ Set @ The NASP SummerCamp Fairy Forest 2021

Here's the recording of my headlining spot at the 3rd iteration of the Amaya Experience, a bespoke warehouse party event featuring the distinct art and musical sounds of our beloved Amaya speakeasy in NYC. 

Endless gratitude to the AMAYA & Amaya + Agency team for all of their hard work to create this amazing event. Can't wait for more of their experiences coming up soon in NYC and beyond!

I hope you enjoy reliving our amazing dancing times last Friday night! You guys were an absolute fire crowd! <3

Illich Mujica Live at The Amaya Experience (Episode III)

KARLÏCH's debut (@karlimusik+ illich Mujica) happened at the Renegade Dark Disco room of the Summer Camp house party for Not A Sex Party. The floor of the house shook up and down and the room shifted left and right. We almost brought the house down.

The scene in the room was one of a cinematic rebellion focused on celebrating in the darkness one last time before the final battle. It was one for the books, with all the darkest, hardest electronic dance music tracks under our belt.

Follow @karlimusik to get more of her amazing sound. If you are ready for more KARLÏCH leave your comments at the bottom. ❤️😉

KARLïCH (KARLï + illich Mujica) Live At The NASP Renegade Dark Disco

This is the live recording of my sunrise DJ set for Beyond the Veil - Halloween 2021... If you were there you know how deep our dance flow went... <3

Thanks to the Junxion crew + Lighting Society + NASP for having me join their lineup.

illich Mujica @ Beyond the Veil - Halloween Sunrise

Illich Mujica @ Beyond The Veil | Brooklyn Halloween Sunrise

Immense gratitude to have been able to DJ the last sunset of 2021 in the beautiful platform of the Eagle's Nest in Lake Atitlan for a selected group of beautiful friends. I hope you enjoy this beautiful musical journey. <3

illich Mujica - Live at the Eagle's Nest Atitlan NYE Sunset 2021

Illich Mujica - Live @ Lake Atitlan, Guatemala NYE Sunset 2021

Here's the recording of my debut DJ set in Mexico City at Bar Oriente. Thank you @andre-vii for having me play your Transients night, and to the CDMX crowd who brought such an amazing energy to it all!! <3

illich Mujica - Live in Mexico City @ Bar Oriente March 2022

Illich Mujica - Live In Mexico City @ Bar Oriente March 2022

Words can't describe yet another sunrise of epic proportions this time at the C.A.M.P. (Calling all Magical People) co-created gathering. Right at the beginning of my DJ set at 4:30 am on July 4th (US Independence Day) the cops showed up to try to shut the party down due to noise complaints.

I had the difficult task of keeping the decibel levels under a certain threshold, so I had to nurture a huge dance floor for the closing set of the festival until 7am somewhat quietly until we were able to ramp up the volume to proper dance floor levels.

I am not sure if it was that we all wanted this so badly, or the majestic rays of sunshine coming down upon us, all I know is that 17 encore songs & tracks after the supposedly closing "Lovely Day" song, we kept raving and raging until we almost dropped.

One of the most memorable mornings in my 21 years of DJ'ing. Here's the recording of the full 4.5 hrs of the closing sunrise DJ set. I hope it takes you all back and for those of you who weren't there I hope it brings you the sunrise  joy and magic we collectively had.

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illich Mujica - Live @ CAMP Festival 2022 Closing Fairy Forest Sunrise on 4th of July

illich Mujica - Live @ CAMP Festival 2022 Closing Fairy Forest Sunrise On 4th Of July

One of my favorite DJ sets at the Burn this year was on top of the Disco Space Shuttle art car on Thursday night from 11pm to 2 am. It was an incredible cosmic ride into Deep Playa. 

The soil condition was so bumpy that it created an unforgiving DJ desk surface to those of us who prefer not to play with the Sync button on. I could had gone that way but I decided to let the challenge seep through the mixes and allow for the experience to be recorded as raw and human as possible, full of flaws and the highlighted reality that the playa surface was still wrecked from the previous year's Renegade Burn, and a lack of rain on the playa which did not allow for the lake to form for as long as it normally does between Burns. The earth climate is changing, and the heat at the Burn this year was present for most of the 24hrs of each day. 

I hope you enjoy this eventful ride into Burning Man outer-space!

illich Mujica Live @ The Disco Space Shuttle artcar- Burning Man 2022

illich Mujica Live DJ Set @ The Disco Space Shuttle Artcar - Burning Man 2022

A private gathering in the gorgeous Oaxacan beaches of Zipolite to celebrate one of our best friend's birthday. This was the closing Sunrise DJ set to close out our blissful week, where we not only celebrated JJ but also our deepening friendships. Enjoy and happy bday JJ!

illich Mujica - Live Sunrise @ The Meaning of Life - Zipolite Mexico 2023

Illich Mujica - Live Sunrise @ The Meaning Of Life - Zipolite Mexico 2023

Here's the recording of my daytime opening set to kick off the Summit at Sea music series in 2023. Immense gratitude to Jody, Brett and the Summit team and to all of you for turning a sleepy daytime dancefloor into an absolute rager of a boat party with me! <3

illich Mujica - Live @ Summit at Sea 2023

illich Mujica - Live @ Summit At Sea 2023

Third year in a row bringing in the new day during the 4th of July festivities, and I still cannot believe how epic it keeps getting year after year during the closing of the CAMP festival. This year we came fully prepared with an array of live singers and musicians for my set. Kicking it off with Tory Stolper and myself performing our track Surya Rising live, to having our sunrise electronic dance music sermon delivered by the talented writer and poet Lauren Ducrey, and flanked by the A-Team with Noah & Mendeleyev.

3.5 hrs flew by, and as we still had to Burn the majestic Sloth effigy built by the talented Jacob, I decided to keep the closing sunrise affair measured under 5 hrs... LOL. (Maybe next year we will push a little longer into the daytime vibes...)

Thankful to Brad, Gil, Sarah, Therapy Sound and all of the people who tirelessly set up this magical fairy forest stage for us to weave musical magic. 

This was one of the most meaningful morning for me, thank you for coming along for the ride. From darkness to light and all of the ephemeral magic that exists in-between. <3

illich Mujica - Live @ CAMP Festival 2023 Closing Fairy Forest Sunrise on 4th of July

Illich Mujica Live @ CAMP Festival 2023 Closing Fairy Forest Sunrise On July 4th

Hello we are Idylic - John Dill (@johndill) & illich Mujica (@illich-mujica). 

Back in 2020 we were in a cabin in the mountains in the middle of the pandemic amongst new learning DJ’s. It was a celebration of illich’s birthday and the first time we played together. 

We already loved the music each one of us played and it was an unsurprising moment of “let’s b2b!” back then. The flow was full of melodic groove with a rich track collection only found in the library of 2 well-seasoned selectors. 

We would come together here and there to jam when the planets aligned, and this is the first official recorded DJ set of ours; live at Burning Man 2023 @ Waffles & House.

This is pure Idylic Housey daytime vibes, before the storm came through, and before the Wafflolympics’ Syrup licking competition. (If you know you know…) ;)

Enjoy the musical sunshine.

Love,
Dusty Pickle (John) & Muppet (illich)

Idylic (John Dill b2b ilich Mujica) @ Waffles & House Burning Man 2023

Idylic (John Dill b2b iIlich Mujica) @ Waffles & House Burning Man 2023

Here's the recorded set of my DJ debut in Estonia - I can't wait to be back to this amazing country! <3

illich Mujica Live in Estonia - Dec 2023

Illich Mujica Live in Estonia - Dec 2023

This was my last set of Burning Man 2017. It was a set that didn't happen earlier in the week and got re-scheduled for the last sunrise set at the Love Cow camp. 

The set became a beautiful testament to the love of my intimate group of wonderful friends who showed up after the Man Burn(and the ones who showed up earlier by mistake and had to leave). It also became a testament to the love of the wonderful people at the Love Cow camp who gave me another opportunity to perform at their stage even though things didn't work out earlier in the week. I hope you enjoy this moving journey in which I debuted my Remembrance track, dedicated to my departed friend from childhood by the end of the set. 

Enjoy!

TRACKLISTING:

01. Vangelis - “Main Titles”
02. Bermuda Triangle - “Mooger Fooger”
03. @DJNickWarren, @Guy-Mantzur - “Sad Robot (@d-nox_beckers Remix)”
04. Kurt Baggaley (@scape-one) - “Former Self (@thedriftersound Remix)”
05. @jonathankaspar - "Khaya"
06. @alyne_music - “Ni Kuanza”
07. @michael-mayer-kompakt & @gui-boratto-official - “State of the Nation”
08. @argyofficial - “1985 (Sydenham & @rune-music Remix)”
09. Rory Gallagher, @arzuk - “Soul De Anima (@danito-athina Remix)”
10. @rauschhaus - “Queen of Thorns (Original Mix)”
11. @nhar - “Praise The Sun (Original Mix)”
12. @Miyagi - “Mescal Lane (Original)”
13. @sebastienleger - “Love Star (Original)”
14. @mariovidis - “Plastic People feat. Vytautas Sondeckis (@marcusworgull Re-edit)”
15. @Beckers, D-Nox, Santiago Franch - “Summer Lights (@Ruede Hagelstein's Late Summer Mix)”
16. @rauschhaus - “Ray of Hope (@soul-button Remix)”
17. @love-over-entropy - “Sea (Original Mix)”
18. @timaminov - “One Lone Survivor (@anjei-ego Thunderlab Remix) feat. @petejosef”
19. @love-over-entropy - “Tonii (Dixon Retouch)”
20. @trikksound - “Mozam”
21. @super-flu-de - “Gausa (Original)”
22. @unkleofficial - “Heaven (@king-unique Remix)”
23. @ben-bohmer - “Dissensions (@official_wood Remix)”
24. @Retsu - “Better in Time”
25. @djwild - “When You Feel Me (Original Mix)”
26. @Illich-Mujica - “Remembrance (Feat. Ricardo Yanez)”
27. Alexander Scriabin - “24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 1 in C major”
28. @perfumegenius - “Otherside”
29. @octaveone - “Blackwater feat. Ann Saunderson & Urban Soul Orchestra (Full Strings Vocal Mix)”

Photo: Matan Tzinamon (www.tzinamon.com)
Art: La Victrola
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ILLICH MUJICA LIVE AT LOVE COW @ BURNIG MAN 2017 (SUNDAY SUNRISE) POST MAN BURN

Illich Mujica live at Love Cow @ Burning Man 2017 - Sunday Sunrise (Post-Man Burn)

I’m back from the Burn and the very first thing I want to share with the default world is the biggest DJ performance I’ve ever played in my life: The sunrise set at the 747 art car at Burning Man! 

This was challenging in many ways: I had had very little sleep as we were working HARD to build our 747 camp and art car, while trying to finish the 747 project in time for the Burn. 

There were also some challenges during the set, for instance: a pendant getting entangled with my headphones post head-banging, and having to pull a radical self-reliance move with my Swiss army knife to cut the pendant string off before the next mix was due.

It was epic, it was beautiful, it was emotional, it was incredible to see so many of my friends in there, it was full of chances I decided to take as a DJ in terms of track selection (trying a bit of a cosmic/rocktronica approach) and... 

On my days before the Burn I was re-reading/re-visiting the book “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran. At the very last minute I decided to bring it to the Burn to read while on the playa. It was gifted to me by one of my best DJ friends who passed away 10 years ago around the time of the Burn. In the last Farewell chapter of the book, there is a passage about sunrises and reconnecting with others in future places. When I had to reach into my DJ bag mid-performance to look for the Swiss army knife I realized the book was there with me on stage, and also that the sound engineers had provided a microphone… 

So I started fantasizing about taking advantage of the perfect breakdown/drop from any of the tracks I was about to play, in order to read a part of the book and dedicate it to Navid. I took the chance to read this poem to him in the middle of the set on playa when the breakdown to Einmusik’s “Serenade” kicked in... 

For those of you who can’t (or couldn’t) understand what was read during the moment, this is what the passage of the book says. There was a crackle in the mic and I accidentally said the word "ring" instead of "sing":

“It was but yesterday we met in a dream.
You have sung to me in my aloneness,
and I of your longings have built a tower in the sky…

The noontide is upon us and our half 
waking has turned to fuller day, and we must part.

If in the twilight of memory we should
meet once more, we shall speak again together
and you shall (sing) to me a deeper song.

And if our hands should meet in another dream
we shall build another tower in the sky.”

Lastly, as always there was one last track that I really, wanted to play for all but in the overwhelming ending to it all I forgot about it, so I added it to the recording at the very end at home. I hope you all enjoy this as much as I did and thank you for being inside the plane at the very end, I wasn’t aware of how many of you were still there, and it was then that I became overcome with tears of joy. (I did cry in public at the end of the DJ set, and I am ok with that, so as they say… “fuck your Burn!” hehe)  

And HUGE thank you to Gunita, Nikki and Ken of Big Imagination for providing me with this monumental stage to craft something as meaningful as our plane, you guys are family to me, this one was for you as well, love to you all!

Until the next sunrise at the Burn!
❤️

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Illich Mujica - Live Sunrise DJ set at the 747 plane @ Burning Man 2019

Illich Mujica - Live Sunrise DJ Set At The 747 Art Car @ Burning Man 2019

The first part of my epic 5.5 musical journey with the dead in Oaxaca at Club Creciente is live on my SoundCloud. Go take the journey again, one of those rare opportunities where I get to play the spectrum of vibes (from main nighttime to sunrise to after-hours) This first half covers from the nighttime until that epic sunrise. I hope you enjoy it, and stay tuned for part 2 coming up next soon!

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Illich Mujica Live DJ Set @ Club Creciente - Oaxaca for Day of the Dead (Part : The Night of the Dead into sunrise) 

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Illich Mujica Live DJ Set @ Club Creciente Oaxaca (Part 01: The Night of the Dead into Sunrise)

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It was an incredible afternoon event with lots of upbeat disco music in order to benefit Australia through our fundraiser to help with the tragedy that has been the Bushfires. I hope you enjoy this one!

Thanks to Public Records, the organizers and all of you for coming and supporting this great cause!

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Illich Mujica: Live DJ set @ Public Records for the Australisn Bushfires Fundraiser

Illich Mujica: Live DJ set @ Public Records for the Australian Bushfires Fundraiser

This wasn't your everyday Summer camp, this was a magical Fairy forest with a very selected, and well-vetted group of magical people, which turn into an epic night of beats that took us to one of the most uplifting mornings of our lives. Grateful for having been able to safely had this experience to perform in a live setting in front of other humans, and not behind a screen. This is the recording of that magical sunrise. Enjoy! (Download-enabled) ;)

Sunrise at the Fairy Forest

Illich Mujica - Sunrise at the NASP Fairy Forest 2020

This was a special NYE Sunrise closing set for the tribe for which I am now a music director for: NASP (Not A Sex Party) - More info soon... I hope you enjoy the recording of this live set for now. It was the first time I tried a concept of DJ'ing sitting on a chair in the middle of the dance floor with my Traktor setup while having a 360 degree DJ booth-meets-dance-floor experience.

Special thanks to @noahappel for the sick Djembe live drumming through this DJ set! <3

Illich Mujica (Feat. Noah Appel) - Sunrise At The NASP Mayan Jungle

This is the recording of my unofficial closing DJ set for Sloth Disco. When the closing DJ found himself with no more Sloth Disco music (aka sexy and slow beats no higher than 110 bpm) I had to jump in the last hour, because you just can't stop a giant cuddle puddle that is 15 mins away from going full-on orgy from platonic coconut oil massages… (Stick until the end to hear the surprise mix that would make Mr. Trent Reznor be proud of how his music was mixed…)   ;)

Illich Mujica - NASP Sloth Disco Closing Set

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Cinematic House & Techno. Mystical melodies. Cosmic Dance Music. Sensual and uplifting DJ sets. 

illich Mujica is a Venezuelan-born, New York City-bred DJ, producer, and musical curator who commands the dance floor, creating an emotional journey that lifts the crowd into cosmic realms of self-discovery. He understands a DJ performance as a communal experience, a delicate dance in which listener’s and DJ’s energy combine to create a unique experience each and every time.

With over two decades of experience playing in New York City’s top clubs and venues (Brooklyn Mirage, Output, Sony Music Hall, House of Yes and X, Cielo), international hotel and resort rooftops and lounges (Public Hotel, The Standard), exclusive parties (Mayan Warrior NYC, Caravan Gitane, Woomoon closing afterparty Ibiza, Lightning Society’s Burlesquerade), festivals (Robot Heart at Burning Man, Wonderfruit, Mysteryland) and private events, he can dig deep into his vast musical library to craft the perfect set for almost any setting. His fan-favorite sets are ones of transition: musical journeys that bring the crowd from a sunny day to a sensual night or driving, dark beats to a joyous sunrise.

Recently illich has brought in his visual skills as a professional architect and designer to curate 3D sensory experiences that bring together dozens of DJs and performance artists in seamless and intentional storytelling, most notably for the Ephemeral Ball at Sony Music Hall in Times Square, New York City. Each DJ set by illich Mujica provides a new and unique container for connection and joy on the dance floor.

Illich Mujica's previous gigs:
May 21, 2022
Sony Hall Theater, Times Square, NYC
Feb 25, 2022
House of X, NYC
Dec 31, 2021
The Eagle's Nest, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.
Nov 26, 2021
The Sanctuary, Upstate NY.
Oct 30, 2021
Beyond the Veil Halloween, Brooklyn Warehouse, NYC
Oct 30, 2021
Private Event Halloween, Brooklyn, NYC
Sep 25, 2021
IFEEL Summerscape Festival, Lakewood, PA
Sep 03, 2021
Robot Heart @ Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV.
Aug 21, 2021
The Red Room, Amaya Afterparty for La Luna Festival, Brooklyn Warehouse, NY
Aug 21, 2021
La Luna Festival, Knockdown Center, Brooklyn, NY
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Fri 21 February 2020 
Amaya, NYC, NY (DJ Residency Opening Night)  
Sat 28 February 2020 
Private Event, NYC, NY 
Sat 25 January 2020 
Private PH Event, NYC, NY
NYE 2019/2020 
Private Event, NYC, NY 
Fri 6 December 2019 
Amaya, NYC, NY 
Sat 9 November 2019 
Hot Situations, Manhattan, NY
Sat 2 November 2019 
Oaxaca, Mexico (Day of the Dead)
Fri 4 October 2019 
Amaya, NYC, NY
Sat 21 September 19
Hot Situations, Manhattan, NY
25 August - 3 September 19
Burning Man, Black Rock City, NY
Sat 3 August 19
Love Cow Camp Burning Man Fundraiser, Refuge Arts, Brooklyn, NY
Fri 9 August 19
Big Imagination 747 Camp Burning Man Fundraiser, House of Yes, Brooklyn, NY
Fri 8 March 19 
Amaya, NYC, NY
Fri 22 February 19 
Kibera at The Paper Box, Brooklyn, NY
Mon 18 February 19 
 Superimpositions Radio Show @ The Lot Radio, Brooklyn, NY (b2b w Luis Padron)
Fri 15 February 19 
 House of Love at House of Yes, Brooklyn, NY
Dec, 31 NYE 18/NYD 19 
Ko Pha Ngan, Magic Beach, Thailand
Dec, 13-16 
Wonderfruit, Pattaya, Thailand
Sat 03 Nov, 18 
Utopia Afterworx West End, Bengaluru, India
Fri 08 Jun, 18 
Friday Night Live | Stavroz (Live), Crussen (Live), Illich Mujica, OUTPUT (the Roof), Brooklyn, United States
Sat 2 June 18
Private Manhattan Loft event,  New York City, United States